2,800 bottles of liquor seized - Four Indians held indulging in flesh pleasure

Cartons of imported liquor seized by the Customs Department. The liquor was intended for sale on Eid-al-Fitr.

KUWAIT CITY, June 6: A Kuwaiti ex-convict was nabbed on his attempt to smuggle 2,800 bottles of imported liquor from a neighboring country on the first day of Ramadan. Security operatives attached to General Drug Control Department foiled the suspect’s plan to smuggle and hoard liquor for sale just before Eid Al-Fitr.

A security source said the Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal Security Affairs Major General Abdul-Hamid Al-Awadhi ordered the operation after the department was tipped-off about a container arriving at Shuwaikh Port on the eve of Ramadan, which they suspected the real content was concealed with electric cables.

Four Indians held: Police have arrested four Indians, including 2 women for indulging in flesh pleasure, reports Al-Anba daily. According to security sources, the arrest came when one of the suspects who were selling booze ran on foot and entered a building. When police chased the man they found in the room one more Indian and two women. According to police the bootlegger was not holding any identification papers.